I have come across a free d/l of a prog called "deep paint" which apparently used to be a commercial program, but is now free. Is this prog any good, is it woth while installing, etc, etc. I currently use mainly PS, but have psp and corel on the pc.

Any free paint app is worth checking out, do you have the URL (link)???

as far as i can remember, although i might be wrong in regards to the app (i think deep paint 3d is the prog), you can import pre-uv-mapped obj's and paint them in real time. quite cool. all the same, i've played with it, largely the same commands as PS. drac

Attached Link: http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catPlugins_Rig_Deep

i just downloaded it off download.com, so it can't be pirated. it's a dumbed-down version of deep paint 3d. s'okay. drac

Yep, Right Hemisphere made "Deep paint2D" freeware. While you can't paint an object in "real time" you can still import your UV maps and paint them. I've found it to be a useful app. Definitely worth downloading.

I found it whilst googling for some plugins, picked up this as a plugin for PS, but it is a stand alone version as well.

Yeah, I remember this happening, I too had downloaded the free version of the Deep Paint (from download.com) I hadn't installed it at the time, because I had just got my tablet, and Corel Paint LE. AS

Okay, yeah...it is Deep Paint 2.0 (an early version), and you can get it from download.com here; http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-2191_4-10398243.html?tag=lst-0-1 I had found an old review of DP 2.0, you can get a basic idea of the program here; http://www.perpetualvisions.com/articles-and-graphics/review-dp2.htm AS

notice, if you will, how he's distracting attention from the whole tablet issue... "because I had just got my tablet".. and then WHAM! url, review, external links, manipulating us non-tablet-owners into oblivion. :P drac (THERE'S A TABLET ISSUE!)

It's the latest version of Deep Paint and Deep Paint 3D. Nothing later than 2.0. Deep Paint used to cost a pretty penny and I was quite surprised when it appeared on download.com. (I think I posted a note about it here. I certainly did in some other places.) The only difference between Deep Paint and DP 3D is that you can interacitvely, in real time, as danamo said, paint your models in the 3D version. The painting tools are absolutely the same. DP is a program for the simulation of traditional painting tools. So you get a picture that looks like it was painted in acrylics, oil, watercolor, chalk, whatever. You can either paint, or clone over your render with the artistic brushes. For an example, see Stuck in a moment in my gallery. It's definitely very much worth downloading. And I wonder why Adobe is selling it.

Attached Link: http://http://www.righthemisphere.com/forum/showthread.php?s=289fb7e8fe0144219e743ee7568a61f7&threa

Using a mouse in a paint app is like painting with a bar of soap, I love my tablet...=)

Glad you reminded me about "tablets"! I snagged an old Wacom USB PenPal tablet for $5 at a garage sale (boot sale for our UK friends) this weekend. Made a quick visit to the Wacom site and they had updated drivers(XP) and a PDF manual for free download. Gotta love a company that continues such service for their legacy products! BTW, the tablet works great! I can see now why all you folks that have 'em make a fuss about 'em. :)

Wouldn't paint without one. DP is a great little program, can also shell out from Photoshop as a plugin.

with what they charge for Photoshop, they can afford to be generous..;)

After using a tablet...my intous 2 (now intous 3) i can nver open photoshop without holding the tablet... i love it so much i even use it as a mouse! Hehehe my lovely lovely intous... Hey drac a tablet is not that expensive... try wacom graphire 4, relatively cheap and it will do wonders on your digital painting!

Attached Link: http://www.ambientdesign.com/

It has some limitations, but if you do a bit of experimentation, it can do a lot more than you'd expect. It even has Metallic and glitter paints built into the full version. It's fun to see what you can do with it. The link's above.

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A drawing tablet is a must for serious work. Not that it cant be done with a mouse but it would take a hell of a lot longer with plenty of downtime correcting and back stepping as compared. A tablets pen tool is a much more natural feel and flow. My Intuos II has gotten plenty workout. DeepPaint 3D version 2.0, I have it as a Photoshop Plugin and can be used as a stand alone as has already been stated. I hardly ever use it since Photoshop is my main stay when it comes to textures (and Painter) but it is chock full of great features and comes in handy especially for those need fast textures. I really need to pay more attention to it. You can define if you want to make a color, bump, shine, glow or opacity map selecting such things as lighting and lighting angle, brush characteristics and brings many preset brushes. In 3D you can rotate your model in 3D space and paint directly on it. Absolutely a good and useful tool, go for it. My first introduction to 3D model painting programs came by way of Fractal Design Detailer, anyone remember them? I still have that CD here somewhere. Also tried Mesh Paint and a few others.

There's a trick I figured out for using the mouse in paint programs during my hiatus from the internet - if you're on Windows 98 onward you can use the native accesability options regarding the mouse, lift your mouse up so it doesn't move - (use a tin can or such so you don't have to hold te mouse up) and you can move the mouse using the numeric keyboard with full control and full functionality. Neat eh? so thanks all for the links . . . (mouse happy) 8:)

Ahhhhh . . . 58 megs mouse not so happy - well I'll schedule it for tommorrow night. mouse happy again 8:))